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legislative body

legislative body noun: a political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.

Noun

legislative body (plural legislative bodies)

  1. A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
    • Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers
  2. Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.

legislative body meaning in Tamil and Malay

legislative body in Tamil

சட்டமியற்றும் அவை, சட்டப் பேரவை

legislative body in Malay

A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state
badan perundangan

Forms of legislative body

plurallegislative bodies

Questions about legislative body

What does legislative body mean?
Legislative body means a political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
What is legislative body in Tamil?
Legislative body in Tamil is சட்டமியற்றும் அவை, சட்டப் பேரவை. See Legislative body meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legislative body?
Legislative body is a noun.
What is the plural of legislative body?
The plural of legislative body is legislative bodies.

Words near legislative body in the dictionary

  1. legislation
  2. legislational
  3. legislations
  4. legislative
  5. legislative bodies
  6. legislative body
  7. legislative branch
  8. legislative branches
  9. legislative building
  10. legislative buildings
  11. legislative process

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legislative body (page history and authors); legislative body (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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